Segregation, Racial, 1816–1900
In some instances war has increased American consciousness about the nation's ideals and identity, and the public's awareness of its failings to liv...
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Segregation
Introduction
At the heart of most literature about race and prejudice is the idea of exclusion—exclusion from opportunities, exclusion from resources, and even exclusion from physic...
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of H...
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Significant decisions by the Supreme Court on the racial makeup of schools:1954 _ Brown v. Board of Education: Ruling unanimously that racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional, sayin...
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Former President Carter, who already has a book coming out this fall about his post-White House years, is working on a memoir about his mother, Lillian, to be published next spring by Simon & S...
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Richard Gere, who has donated time and money to the causes for Tibetan independence and HIV/AIDS care, on Monday accepted a prestigious humanitarian award given by the city of Philadelphia.The acto...
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In the first three decades after the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional for black and white children to attend separate public schools, children of different races and background were moved...
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Former President Carter will visit Brandeis University to discuss his book on Palestine but won't debate academic Alan Dershowitz as originally proposed, a Carter spokeswoman and university officia...
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Adelaide Tambo, widow of South African anti-apartheid hero Oliver Tambo and a stalwart in the struggle against racial segregation, died Wednesday, officials said. She was 77.A statement from the Af...
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In competition for a key Democratic voting bloc, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is enlisting the help of her husband, former President Clinton, at a weekend civil rights commemoration headlined by a f...
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Indiana University officials are considering whether to keep the name of a longtime school trustee on a gymnasium following a student newspaper article about 1940s letters in which he advocated rac...
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Geneaologists have found that civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported Sunday.The Daily News sa...
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Former President Carter turned down a request to debate Alan Dershowitz about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the outspoken Harvard law professor "knows nothing about the situation."Carter...
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Segregation, Racial, 1816–1900
Segregation
Equality in America: Segregation for African Americans
Supreme Court on race and schools
